Icon Water Limited
| Government-owned corporation | |
| Industry | Public utility |
| Founded | 1 July 1995 |
| Headquarters | Canberra, Australia |
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Area served
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Australian Capital Territory |
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Key people
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Dr Michael B Easson AM (Chairman), John Knox (Managing Director) |
| Services | Drinking water, wastewater, stormwater |
| Revenue |
 A$308.4m (2016) |
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A$137.9m (2016) |
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A$122.3m (2016) |
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| Owner | ACT Government |
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Number of employees
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389 (2016) |
| Subsidiaries | Icon Distribution Investments Limited, Icon Retail Investments Limited, ActewAGL (50%), Ecowise Environmental Pty Limited (50%) |
| Website | www.iconwater.com.au |
Icon Water Limited, trading principally as Icon Water, is a water and wastewater public utility that is an Australian Capital Territory-owned corporation. The company provides drinking water and wastewater services to the ACT. Icon Water is also a 50% owner of ActewAGL, a multi-utility provider of electricity and gas services in the ACT and south-east New South Wales. Icon Water Limited is also the owner of Bendora Dam, Corin Dam (further upstream), and Cotter Dam (further downstream). Water is pumped to Canberra via the Bendora Gravity Main. Icon Water operates, and maintains 48 service reservoirs, 25 pump stations and over 3,300km of water pipelines.
Icon Water Limited is wholly owned by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, with the only voting shares being held by the Chief Minister and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage of the ACT.
The origins of the Icon Water Limited (previously ACTEW Corporation) go back to the Australian Public Service. The Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority was established in 1962, with functions transferred from the Commonwealth Government to the ACT Government. In 1998, its functions were transferred to the Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water Authority.
The ACTEW Corporation was established under the Corporations Act (Cth) in 1995 to take over the Authority’s functions. The company was given obligations under the Utilities Act 2000 (ACT), Water Resources Act 2007 (ACT), Environment Protection Act 1997 (ACT), Water and Sewerage Act 2000 (ACT) and the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT).
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